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Smart Bike Lights (Data Field) / Bike Lights Control (Widget)

maca88
over 3 years ago

I've made two open source CIQ applications to control ANT+ lights:

- Smart Bike Lights (data field): https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/0d9fd828-c932-4470-9c37-fd2828881888 

      Configurator: https://maca88.github.io/SmartBikeLights/ 

- Bike Lights Control (widget): https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/fa3c2332-76e3-4ba1-8528-32a0fd617ab1 

     Configurator: https://maca88.github.io/BikeLightsControl/ 

Smart Bike Lights features:
- Automatic light control (Smart mode) based on the configured filters (sunset, sunlight, speed, ...)
- Manual light control (only for Edge devices with a touch screen or devices with CIQ 3.2 and more than 32KB memory)
- Records lights modes that are displayed in Garmin Connect

Bike Lights Control features:
- Manual light control (available to all devices)

Both applications can be installed on the same device, which can be useful for low end devices (e.g. Edge 520) where "Bike Lights Control" can be used to change light modes manually and "Smart Bike Lights" for automatic light control.

Currently registered ANT+ lights:
- Bontrager Ion Pro RT
- Bontrager Ion 200 RT
- Bontrager Flare RT
- Garmin Varia RTL500
- Garmin Varia RTL510
- Garmin Varia RTL515
- Garmin Varia HL500
- Garmin Varia UT800

in case your ANT+ light is not on the list you can help by doing the following:

1. Install Bike Lights Control
2. Pair your bike light with your Garmin device
3. Open the widget:
- Edge with a touch screen: post which numbers are displayed on the buttons and what mode each button represents when pressed
- Other devices: Select the "Light modes" menu and post which numbers are displayed in the menu and what mode each menu item represents when selected

Example for Bontrager Ion Pro RT:


1 -> High steady beam
2 -> Medium steady beam
5 -> Low steady beam
63 -> Day flash
62 -> Night flash

There are some features that could be possible to add in the future, but would require Garmin to add them to the CIQ api. In case you are interested in any of the below features, consider upvoting their feature request thread:

1. Control lights based on the ambient light sensor available on some devices:
https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/ambient-light-sensor-api-access 

  • over 2 years ago in reply to maca88

    Do I enter these numbers into my Edge 1030 Plus by hand? Is there a way to copy / paste? Thanks very much for your effort. Speaking for myself, maybe for every bike rider on this forum, I would gladly pay $25.00 for your app / widget.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to AlaJam
    AlaJam said:
    Do I enter these numbers into my Edge 1030 Plus by hand?

    If you mean the configuration, you can copy it by using your phone (by holding and dragging) and paste it in the Garmin Connect Mobile application settings "Lights Configuration" of either "Smart Bike Lights" or "Bike Lights Control". Alternatively, you can use Garmin Express on your PC by pasting the configuration in the "Lights Configuration" application settings.

    Both "Smart Bike Lights" and "Bike Lights Control" are free and open sourced, I have no plan to change that.

  • over 2 years ago

    Recently I modified the Lights Configurator for Smart Bike Lights by adding more question marks which contain explanations for settings that I thought would need it, added notes for some filters (e.g. acceleration) and added a wiki page that contains basic documentation with some examples: https://github.com/maca88/SmartBikeLights/wiki/Lights-Configurator

    In case anyone would like to see the documentation for settings that are currently not documented or in case the current documentation is not clear enough, please let me know.

  • over 2 years ago

    Great (imho the best) tool to manage your light network.
    My lights are off by default.
    My rear light flashes during the day when a car approaches from behind and lights up when I brake.
    At sunset, my rear and front light are automatically switched-on and at sunrise switched-off.

    QUESTION:
    How can I check which version 'Smart Bike Lights' (15.1 or 15.2) is installed on my Garmin?
    I recently uploaded 15.2 to my Garmin but can't find where a version no. is shown. So, I am not sure 15.2 is now installed and maybe I am still on 15.1. Please consider showing the version no. in Garmin Express where we set the settings for 'Smart Bike Lights'.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to wflicht

    Hi,

    wflicht said:
    How can I check which version 'Smart Bike Lights' (15.1 or 15.2) is installed on my Garmin?

    In Garmin Connect Mobile application you can see the version by going to "Activities, App / More" -> "Data Fields" -> "Smart Bike Lights" and then you should see the version below the app name:

    In case you are using Garmin IQ Store, it will automatically update all data fields upon opening it, so your data fields will be always up to date.

  • over 2 years ago

    Hello. Just wanted to thank you for all your work with this app. It is a game changer for my Varia Radar use.

    I have simple configuration light turn off when see car light flash

    ###0,73535488:1,1225851520#2,2!CAR:1:7:1I]-1]0!:1:0:1D=1##5,4:Varia Radar!2,:-1,Off:0!1,Solid:4!1,Day Flash:7!1,Night Flash:6#0::#0:0#B3122##3#0#0

    It is awesome works great.

    I want to my confing add one thing. Light turn off when radar see any car light flashing when car paases then flash just 5 more seconds then turn light off.

    Is that even posible to do?

    Thank you so much for help

  • over 2 years ago in reply to maca88

    Thanks for explaining.
    I was not using Garmin Connect Mobile before but will do so to check the SBL version no. and update

  • over 2 years ago in reply to KRoser

    Hi,

    I am glad that you like the app.

    KRoser said:
    Light turn off when radar see any car light flashing

    Currently there is no way to detect when a car light is flashing, Varia does not have an ambient light sensor to be able to detect it.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to maca88

    Thank you so much for quick reply a bit misunderstanding because of my not so good english sorry about that.

    This confing where light is turn off and when radar detects car "radars light" start flashing works great i wanted to say Slight smile

    I just wanted to add to my confing a little dwell when car pass then radar light keep flashing for another 5 seconds and then turn off if road is clear just for little more safety.

    I canot figure out how to do that if it is even posible.

    Thanks

  • over 2 years ago in reply to KRoser
    KRoser said:
    radar light keep flashing for another 5 seconds and then turn off if road is clear just for little more safety

    You can only set the "minimum active time" for X seconds, which means that the light will flash for at least X seconds after a vehicle is detected. For example if X is ten seconds and the vehicle needs four seconds to pass you, the light will flash for another six seconds. This is the closest solution to what you want. Example configuration for 10 seconds:

    ###0,73535488:1,1225851520#2,2!CAR:1:7:10I]-1]0!:1:0:1D=1##5,4:Varia Radar!2,:-1,Off:0!1,Solid:4!1,Day Flash:7!1,Night Flash:6#0::#0:0#B3122##3#0#0